In the first part of this series, guest contributor Cody Cook argued from ’s condemnation of the divine council that both fallen angels and unsaved human beings will be finally punished with death, rather than with immortal life in everlasting torment. “The ultimate fate of these rebellious angels,” Cook writes, “is capital punishment—death. . . . Though these beings are divine in a general sense, and therefore not susceptible to the fragilities of human experience, they will nevertheless die just like human beings do.”1 But while Cook contends for the mortality of fallen angels and men from , others occasionally argue for their immortality from another passage, one not often cited in the debate over the purpose, nature, and duration of hell. Continue reading “Conditional Immortality and Angels, Part 2—The Immortality of Angels and Men (Luke 20:36)”→

Cook, C., “Conditional Immortality and Angels, Part 1—The Mortality of Angels and Men ().” http://www.rethinkinghell.com/2018/01/conditionalism-and-angels-part-1-mortality-of-angels-and-men-psalm-82/ [↩]

82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council;in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:2 “How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to the wicked? Selah3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.4 Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding,they walk about in darkness;all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I said, “You are gods,sons of the Most High, all of you;7 nevertheless, like men you shall die,and fall like any prince.”

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;for you shall inherit all the nations!

82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council;in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:2 “How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to the wicked? Selah3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.4 Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding,they walk about in darkness;all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I said, “You are gods,sons of the Most High, all of you;7 nevertheless, like men you shall die,and fall like any prince.”

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;for you shall inherit all the nations!

82:1 God has taken his place in the divine council;in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:2 “How long will you judge unjustlyand show partiality to the wicked? Selah3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.4 Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5 They have neither knowledge nor understanding,they walk about in darkness;all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 I said, “You are gods,sons of the Most High, all of you;7 nevertheless, like men you shall die,and fall like any prince.”

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth;for you shall inherit all the nations!